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AIDS epidemic threatens decade-old sexual and reproductive health targets.

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| July 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2004 JUL 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is threatening efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health goals that are supposed to improve the lives of women and reduce poverty, the head of the United Nations population agency said.

The fight against AIDS has exhausted health services in many poor countries, compounding high rates of death in childbirth, and other risks associated with complications during pregnancy, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of the U.N. Population Fund.

Women now account for almost half the 40 million people infected worldwide, 30 million of whom live in Africa.

African women also…

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